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Testimony of Eva Renee Rivka (Weisz) Klang, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in Budapest, a marked house, Bratislava and other places

Testimony
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Testimony of Eva Renee Rivka (Weisz) Klang, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1932, regarding her experiences in Budapest, a marked house, Bratislava and other places Her childhood in Budapest including antisemitism and her attending a Jewish high school. German Army occupation of Budapest, March 1944; life under German occupation including the imposition of anti-Jewish decrees; move to a marked house on Népszínház utca Street no. 49; murder of Jews in the marked house, August 1944; move to another marked house on Miksa utca Street [?] until October 1944; receives Swiss Schutzpass, protective passports; move to an area under Swiss protection, November 1944; murder of a group of children on the Danube River bank by a group of Arrow Cross men; rescue from murder while in the group of children; liberation by the Red Army, January 1945; looting. Move back to their home in Budapest; joins the Habonim movement including [learning about] Zionism, scout activities and content relating to Eretz Israel; joins an aliya training group; preparations for aliya to Eretz Israel; capture in Bratislava; detention; release by a prison guard; life in a camp in the Rothschild Hospital in Vienna; move to Bari, Italy; aliya to Israel on the "Atzmaut" ship, 1949; life in Israel.
item Id
8066064
First Name
Éva
Malka
Rene
Renée
Rivka
Last Name
Klang
Maiden Name
Veis
Weisz
Date of Birth
07/03/1932
Place of Birth
Budapest, Hungary
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
19/07/09
Date of Creation - latest
19/07/09
Name of Submitter
Klang Weisz Eva Renee
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection